The version of Adobe Reader installed on the remote Windows host is a version prior to 2015.006.30418, 2017.011.30080, or 2018.011.20040. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and     2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4952, CVE-2018-4954, CVE-2018-4958,     CVE-2018-4959, CVE-2018-4961, CVE-2018-4971, CVE-2018-4974, CVE-2018-4977, CVE-2018-4980, CVE-2018-4983,     CVE-2018-4988, CVE-2018-4989, CVE-2018-4996)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and     2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Double Free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4990)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and     2015.006.30417 and earlier have a Heap Overflow vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to     arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4947, CVE-2018-4948, CVE-2018-4966,     CVE-2018-4968, CVE-2018-4978, CVE-2018-4982, CVE-2018-4984)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader 2018.011.20040 and earlier, 2017.011.30080 and earlier, and 2015.006.30418 and     earlier versions have a Use-after-free vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code     execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-12815)

  - Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20038 and earlier, 2017.011.30079 and earlier, and     2015.006.30417 and earlier have an Out-of-bounds write vulnerability. Successful exploitation could lead     to arbitrary code execution in the context of the current user. (CVE-2018-4950)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Detections

Analytics

Adobe Reader < 2015.006.30418 / 2017.011.30080 / 2018.011.20040 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APSB18-09)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 109896

Version 1.13